Meanings
- a city in Fukuoka prefecture
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General Description of Tosu-Kagoshima Line. The S. section of the Kagoshima Main Line, that is the Tosu-Kagoshima section, passes first through Kurume and Omuta, then Kumamoto; from the town of Uto, it sends off the Misumi Branch Line, and between Matsushiro and Hitoyoshi it passes through the romantic valley of the Kuma-gawa; on leaving Hitoyoshi, the line crosses the high ridges of Yatake and Kunimi-yama and then makes a gradual descent until it reaches Kagoshima.
1914, An Official Guide to Eastern Asia: South-western Japan
Origin
- Japanese久留米
- EnglishKurume
Borrowed from Japanese 久留米 (Kurume).
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Kurume. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kurume
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